58 EDUCATION IX FORESTRY. 



(&) Forestry: 



Silviculture (seed collection, seeding, planting). 



Mensuration timber estimating, scaling, calculation of increment. 



Tree identification. 



Forest protection fire, insects, fungi. 



Wood identification local species. 



Logging and utilization of wood. 

 (c) Miscellaneous: 



Bookkeeping. 



First aid. 



Game and fish. 



Constables' or wardens' law. 



These older field-trained men will generally have the training in packing and 

 riding, ax and saw, camping, etc. 



For the forward-looking vocational forest school, looking to the public schools 

 (second year high school) for its recruits, the course will be more compre- 

 hensive in that it will contain more basic mathematics and science, as well as 

 more elementary outdoor training. 



FIRST YEAR. 

 First semester. 



English : Composition and rhetoric. 



Mathematics: Geometry (elementary algebra assumed to have been taken in 



high school). 



Botany : A brief view of plant structures and processes. 

 Tree identification. 



Elementary forestry (general survey). 



Silviculture: Seed collection and storage on a practical basis. 

 Shop: Woodworking and machine-shop tools. 



Second semester. 



English : Theme and report writing. 



Mathematics: Elementary trigonometry, compass surveying. 



Wood identification and uses of wood. 



Drawing. 



Silviculture: Seeding and planting (four weeks' nursery and outplanting 



work ) . 



Mensuration: Log scaling, timber estimating. 

 Motor trucks and gas engines. 



Summer term. 



Nursery practicums : Use of ax and saw in improvement cuttings. 



SECOND YEAR. 

 First term. 



Mathematics : Plane table surveying and topographic sketching ; forest type 



mapping. 

 Forest protection : Field practice in fire fighting carried on throughout course 



on adjacent forest property; protection from fire, insects, and fungi. 

 Road and trail building : Bridges, cabins, telephone construction, fire towers. 

 Silviculture: Methods (simple). 

 Geology and soils (elementary). 



Second term. 



Forest law : Elementary business law. 



Bookkeeping and use of forms. 



Game and fish. 



Forest recreation. 



Ranger manuals (National Forest or State, or both). 



Special regional features, as grazing business, camping, packing. 



First aid. 



